The Lady and the Lindy

So much has been on my mind lately. Some recent events have forced me to rethink a lot of the thoughts I went through a month ago. But life is still very good. Here are some of the things on my mind…

On lindy: there’s no such thing as Hollywood or Savoy. Okay, so they may be valid styles, but their only purpose should be that of a tool for description and understanding. People shouldn’t work terribly hard to dance any particular style, regardless of what’s popular. I don’t dance Hollywood or Savoy, I just dance. When I compete in ballroom I perform syllabus steps to the best of my ability, but when I dance social lindy I have fun, and there’s no point in thinking that you can break my dance into steps and styles. Hollywood and Savoy are buzz-topics that can help us focus on particular aspects of our dance, but they shouldn’t encompass all of our moves or thoughts. If I’m leading and *I* don’t give you a need to counterbalance me then I shouldn’t need to support *you*. It’s just that simple. Dance is dance. Lindy is free. And I’m sick of all this narrow-mindedness…